disappear
verb [I] /ˌdɪs.əˈpɪər/
/-ˈpɪr/ Definition
B1 If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found: The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm. I can't find my keys anywhere - they've completely disappeared. The sun disappeared behind a cloud. We looked for her but she had disappeared into the crowd. The film is about a girl who mysteriously disappeared while on a picnic at Hanging Rock. I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.Losing and lossWinning and losing B2 to no longer exist: These flowers are disappearing from our countryside. This is a way of life that is fast disappearing.
(Definition of disappear verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- astray adverb
- black hole noun
- desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- go walkabout idiom
- haemorrhage noun
- haemorrhage verb
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- loss noun
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- miss verb (NOTICE)
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray verb
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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Losing and loss
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